Week Calendar

Free GED classes are now being held at the Madison County Public Library. The classes are offered through a partnership between Madison County Adult Education Center and the Madison County Public Library.

This is a program for preschool age children ages 3-5. When your child is too old for Baby & Toddler Time, move up to Story Time.

Is your preschooler ready for Kindergarten? If you're worried about where to start, have no fear!

Stop by the Berea Location to watch the Berea Woodcarver Group in action, hear some great stories, and learn a thing or two about wood carving. 

Join us for fun literacy-based group activities for the very young! Babies and toddlers and the adults who love them will make new friends as they play and learn.

Is your preschooler ready for Kindergarten? If you're worried about where to start, have no fear! Join us at the Berea location every Friday at 10 am, where we will be doing simple, hands-on activities to help prepare your child for Kindergarten.

This is a program for preschool age children ages 3-5. When your child is too old for Baby & Toddler Time, move up to Story Time.

Join us in celebrating St. Patrick's Day! We'll be offering a number of assorted crafts, including leprechaun lookers, rainbow ceramic boxes, kaleidoscopes, and more.

Gather with us to create, mend, knit, stitch, or make.

Join MCPL in welcoming back the Kentucky McTeggart Irish Dancers to perform an interactive show. The award-winning Kentucky McTeggart Irish Dancers have been teaching and performing Irish dance in Kentucky since 1995.

Linda Ashley will teach a class for those at any stage of learning  to search for ancestors.

Join us at the library for our Teen D&D Open Table! Bring your own character or stop by an hour before the program for help making your character, and we'll have a short one-shot scenario for you to role-play your way through!

Come hang out with friends or meet new friends over a cup of coffee (or tea). Our coffee cart will have everything you need to create a delicious brew. Games, simple crafts, and fun will be provided!

Join us in celebrating St. Patrick's Day! We'll be offering a number of assorted crafts, including leprechaun lookers, rainbow ceramic boxes, kaleidoscopes, and more.

Join us in celebrating St. Patrick's Day! We'll be offering a number of assorted crafts, including leprechaun lookers, rainbow ceramic boxes, kaleidoscopes, and more.

Are you a fan of Japanese animation and manga? Join our monthly anime club, where we'll be celebrating all things Japan! Try some Japanese snacks, enjoy some fun crafts, and watch a few episodes of anime with us each month.

Are you a fan of Japanese animation and manga? Join our monthly anime club, where we'll be celebrating all things Japan! Try some Japanese snacks, enjoy some fun crafts, and watch a few episodes of anime with us each month.

Join us in kicking off Movie Lover's Club! Throughout the spring, our theme is: "What's Popular"! Each week, we'll be showing a popular movie, serving snacks, and giving away a free and fun trinket.

Join MCPL in welcoming back the Kentucky McTeggart Irish Dancers to perform an interactive show. The award-winning Kentucky McTeggart Irish Dancers have been teaching and performing Irish dance in Kentucky since 1995.

Stop by every Monday night to join our group of Nifty Needlers! Every skill level is welcome!

Join us to learn to sew, have a space to lay out projects, have questions answered, or to just have a place to come and sew with friends.

*Registration is only required if you need to use one of our machines.

Want to play VR? Want to try VR? Come join us for some Virtual Reality drop in play and try some VR games, and apps. If you have your own head set feel free to bring in and play with some new friends. 

Individual and small-group language practice and tutoring for adults who are developing English language skills.

Bring your favorite book or story you've read or written! We'll be transferring your favorite passages from book to glove, so you'll always have those important quotes at hand.

The Madison Public Library will have a pop-up library at the Russell Action Folk Center in Berea during the Appalachian Meal Project. At our pop up libraries you can: 

Join us for a cozy group read. Bring the book you are currently reading and enjoy companionable silence as we read our individual books together. Tea will be provided during the program. 

Individual and small-group language practice and tutoring for adults who are developing English language skills.

Weekly Spanish language class for adults who are developing Spanish language skills. Led by Berea College students through the Hispanic Outreach Program (HOP) of the Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS).

Bring your favorite book or story you've read or written! We'll be transferring your favorite passages from book to glove, so you'll always have those important quotes at hand.